Aide says Kwame got bribe in bathroom

Kwame Kilpatrick, center, heads to federal court in Detroit on Monday Monday Jan. 7, 2013. Derrick Miller, a longtime confidant of the former Detroit mayor, testified against Kilpatrick at his corruption trial Monday telling jurors he passed thousands of dollars to Kilpatrick from a contractor at the city’s convention center. Kilpatrick resigned as mayor in 2008. Miller pleaded guilty to corruption in 2011 and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors. (AP Photo/Detroit News,David Coates )

DETROIT (AP) — An aide to ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has ended the first leg of his testimony by telling jurors he delivered a $10,000 bribe in a restaurant bathroom.

Derrick Miller said Thursday the money came from developers and was solicited by Kilpatrick. Prosecutors ended their questions and turned Miller over to defense attorneys for cross-examination.

Kilpatrick, his father Bernard and pal Bobby Ferguson are charged with rigging contracts and taking payoffs. Miller was a defendant, too, until pleading guilty to corruption in 2011.

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Miller has known Kilpatrick since high school and served as Detroit’s chief administrative officer when he was mayor. He answered questions from prosecutors over three days, telling jurors that he passed thousands of dollars in bribes to Kilpatrick from others and supported Ferguson’s efforts to get city business.